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Petty cash

Unit 6: Accounting for Cash and Internal ControlTopic 5 of 5
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  • Petty-cash fund

Petty cash

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Financial Accounting and Analysis (MGT 211)

Unit 6: Accounting for Cash and Internal Control

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of petty cash.
  • Identify the accounting treatment, prepare relevant records or calculations and interpret their financial effects.

Curriculum Scope

  • Petty-cash fund

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Petty-cash foundations

    1. Purpose and establishment of the fund.
    2. Custody, vouchers and authorized payments.
    3. Imprest-system concept.
  2. Fund operation

    1. Establishment, replenishment and fund changes.
    2. Expenses and cash discrepancies.
    3. Controls over evidence, custody and review.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 20-22.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.